Intake-connecting bolt



Feb.` 9, 1926. I l `1,572,464

C. BJORKLUND INTAKE CONNECTING BOLT Filed Nov. 1, 1924 Ch erle s BY ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES CHARLES BJORKLUND, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

INTAKE-CONNECTNG BOLT.

Application filed November 1, 1924.

To all whom t may concern.'

137e it known that I, CHARLES BJonxLUND, a citizen 'ot the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county ot Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new 'and use t'ul In'iprovement in Intake-Connecting Bolts, ot Which the following is a speciiication.

illy invention relates to intake connecting bolts wherein I have provided a bolt Yfor con! necting carburetors to the intake pipe of an internal combustion engine, together with gasket means interposed between the carburetor'and intake pipe coacting With the intake bolt to torni an auxiliary aii` inlet into the intake pipe.

The invention includes a connecting bolt et a 'very simple, inexpensive construction, having a vpassageway formed therein, together with a chamber for supporting a fvalve to provide means for carrying out my invention.

A feature of the inventionincludes a L(1011-.

nectingbolt for carburetors and intake pipes wherein the' bolt is ot a suitable construction to permit it to be substituted for present connecting bolts. The bolt is Jormed with an enlarged head and the ordinary threaded shank so that it can be used and substituted for the ordinary connecting bolts new used tor the connection ot carburetors and intake pipes. v

tis also a feature of my invention to provide a gasket having a peculiar torination, `whereby the same is adapted to cooperate with my intake bolts in a manner to 'admit fresh air into the intake pipe in the loperation of an internal combustion engine. In the drawings forming part of my speciiication,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view ot a carburetor showing my connecting bolt and' the use thereof in relation to an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine, only a portion ot the intake pipe being illustrated,

Figure 2 is a central cross section through a portion ot my connecting bolt.

Figure 3 illustrates my gasket used in conjunction With my bolt.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 11-4 ot Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an end View of my connecting bolt.

In the drawings .my connecting bolt Aformed Vwith a hexagonal head portion 10 from -W'hich Apro-jects the threaded Shank 1 1 www.. 7 '-1 serial No. 747,262.

which is adapted to extend through the flange 12 ofi the carburetor B and the flange 13 of the intake'pipe 14, only a portion ot' the intake pipe being` illustrated in the drawings. which connects with an internal combustion engine, not illustrated in the drawings.

In using my bolt A to connect the flanges 12 and 13 it is desirable t0 use the gasket 15 to torni a tight joint between the flanges so that' the air suction from the internal combustion engine will be through the carburetor B.v

r1`he gasket 15 is formed with an outer shape to similate the shape ot the flanges 19. and 13, While the center is cut away to form the circular opening` 16 and is provided With openings 17 through which the shank 11 of the bolt A. is adapted to extend. Connecting with the openings 17 I form passage- Ways 18, so Vas to connect the openings 17 and 16.

My connecting bolt A is formed With a chamber 19 within the head portion 10 in which a ball valve 2O is positioned and is adapted to be held against the valve seat termed in Vthe plug 21, Which is positioned within the outer end ot the chamber 19.` A

coil spring Q2 is adapted to hold the ball 2O in contact with the seat ot the plug 21 to close the passageway Qiiformed in the plug 9,1 when the connecting bolt A is inoperative `by reason ot the iact that the .internal combustion engine is not operating. Communicating with the chamber 19' and extending v versely through the shank 11.

1n use, the bolt A is connected with the flanges and extends through the same of the 4 intake pipe 14; and the carburetor B, While the gasket 15 is interposed between the ianges 12 and 13 and by an ordinary nut 26 the bolt A is adapted to draw the flanges 12 and 13 tightly against the gasket 15. Two of the bolts A hold the ilanges 12 and 13 together. It is obvious that as many bolts as may be desired can be used, provided the lianges 12 and 13 are formed With the necessary bolt receiving openings, so that any 4number` can be used to connect the ianges together, and the gasket 15 can be formed with asinany openings such as 18 from the bolt openings 17 connectingwth the central opening 16 as corresponds. to the number of bolts A used. `When in connect-ing position the bolts A permit air to be introduced through the same lfrom the opening 23 through the chamber '19, passageway 24 and.

transverse passageway 25, through the openings 18 and into the manifold 14e. Thus when the carburetor Bi is connected to an internal vcombustion engine by an intake pipe laby my connecting bolts A, the valves 20 will operate in accordance with the suction and operation of the internal combustion engine to admit fresh air into the intake pipe ll, reducing the vacuum on the carburetor B to reduce the-amount of gas used by the internal combustion engine and to permit the same to operate more e 'ciently under certain kconditions kand thereby provide a material saving in the use of gasoline or fuel by the .internal combustion engine.

lecause the extremely simple, inexpensive construction of my connecting bolts A and bv reason ofthe fact that it is necessary to use some kind of a connecting bolt to conneet the carburetor B and the intake pipe lll on any internal combustion engine, it is obvious that my connecting bolt may be adopted and. used in place of the ordinary connecting bolt with more effect and in, a manner to provide auxiliary air valves in connection with 'the intake manifold. use of my invention'is not expensive as it is only necessary to replace the ordinary connecting bolts and the ordinary gasket in any automobile with my connecting bolt A and gasket l5. Suchy replacement forms a very practical and desirable connection forl interna-ly combustion engines, as I have found by actualy tests of my invention upon present makes of automobiles of a well known type.

I havey proven without question the saving of fuel and the more efficient ope-ration ofthe automobile by the use' of my connecting` bolts. It will be readily comprehended that the design and construction of my connecting bolts, together with the gasket provides a means assisting in the carburet-ion of the fuel by directing cross currents of air into the intake connectingmeans, which assistszinwbreaking up and completely vaporizin the fuel from the carburetor.

Tests which I have made with my connecting bolts `A have shown. that they have a wonderful effect upon the mixture ofthe fuel. lt is .to be notedthat, by frictionall-y connecting a pipe as is; illustrated in Figure l to the end ofnmy valve A and immersing this pipe in a pan ofk water, sutiicient ino-isture will be drawn into the 'intake pipe of the internal combustionengine in the'operation of' the same. to, soften the carbon formation therein, and I have found that if periodical applications of' the' meister@ are made. in. this manner te' the internal. combus- The @lading a passageway arid 'val-y is to be considered that the inexpensive construction and practical nature of my invention 1s ofsuch merit as to permit the most general use of my connecting bolt 1n place lof the ordinary bolts for connecting cai `buretors with intake pipes of internal combustion engines.

ln accordance with the patent statues l have described the principlesV of operation of my connecting bolt A and. while the construction is extremely simple, yet I desire to have itr understood that Vthe drawings are only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out and appliedi to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following` claims.

I2 claim:

LA carburetor intake connecting bolt, including. 'a valve and passagewayrtherethrough adapted to admit air into the intake pipe between the carburetor and the internal combustion engine.

2. A connecting bolt for carburetors and intake pipes including valve means within said bolt, a passageway extending longitudinally and transversely through the same and gasket means adapted to coact with said connecting bolt to admit air between the carburetor and the intake from the outer atmosphere into the intake of an internal combustion engine.

3. A connect-ing bolt for carburetor and intake flanges including an air passageway through said bolt and al valve forv closing said air passageway. f

4;.. A carburetor and intake connecting bolt comprising a passageway formed in said bolt, a valve for closing said passageway and a transverse passageway connecting with the first named passageway formed in said bolt to` directair from the outer atmosphere. into the carburetor andv intake passageway in the operation of the same.

5. A' connecting bolt for automobiles including an opening I'formed in said bolt, a valvefor closing said opening, means for holding said valve in normally closed-position and an opening extending into said bolt adapted to connect the first named opening therein with the intake passageway of the automobile in a manner so that when the automobile is inoperation can be fed from the outer atmosphere into the motel? of the automobile'through 'said bolt.

6. A. carburetor intake connecting bolt in e Seid; belt adapted to permit air to be fed through said bolt.

'I'. A connecting bolt 'foi' internal combustion engines including a'passageway through 5 said bolt, valve means in said passageway toV the flanges of the carburetor and intake pipe thereof, a gasket interposed between the caiburetor and intake flanges, means formed in said bolt adapted to permit air to be fed through the same by the operation of the nternal combustion engine, and means in said bolt for automatically closing the passageway formed therein.

CHARLES BJORKLUND. 

